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| Wings Over The Rockies Celebrates it 's 15th Year |
Columbia Wetland Stewardship Partners are once again involved in ths years celebration of the incredible bio-diversity of life in the Wetlands of the upper Columbia Valley. Participants can chose from over 70 high quality educational events including a wide variety of field trips, river paddles, evening presentations and an art exhibit. Pynelogs Cultural Centre will once again be the hub of activities, and field trips will take participants to surrounding forests, grasslands, and wetlands. Some events will be coordinated with Parks Canada to help celebrate their 100th anniversary. Others will involve local ranchers including a BBQ at the historical K2 Ranch. The Festival will also showcase the flight cage for injured raptor rehabilitation, which the Invermere Veterinary Hospital is building in partnership with Wings Over the Rockies.
Read Dave Quinn's excellent article about Columbia River Headwaters and the bird festival in the latest Westworld Magazine
Celebrating Our Valley, Celebrating the People: The Lake Windermere Project, now complete, invites the community to join in the celebration of their Real Estate Foundation of BC Land Award during the Wings Over the Rockies Festival.
ReplyDeleteThis award recognizes forward thinking people and organizations that have demonstrated leadership, innovation and collaboration related to sustainable land use and conservation in BC.
Lake Windermere Project Program Manager, Heather Leschied will present the award to the community on Monday, May 2 at 7pm.
You can also help celebrate water by participating in Canada Water Week. Visit http://www.ourlivingwater.ca/ to read postings from contributors to this exciting series of events.